Category: Gardening
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A Sprinkling of Murder by Daryl Wood Gerber
A Fairy Garden Mystery #1 Fairy garden store owner Courtney Kelly believes in inviting magic into your life. But when uninvited trouble enters her shop, she’ll need more than a sprinkling of her imagination to solve a murder . . . The first book in a new series. With fairies and fairy gardens and magical…
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THE GARDEN CLUB MURDER by AMY PATRICIA MEADE
A Tish Tarragon Mystery Book Two Tish and friends are back at Cookin’ The Books Cafe’ and Catering. This time Tish has been hired to cater an awards luncheon with an English Secret Garden theme at the annual garden club awards ceremony. Jules is helping out and wishing he could live in the Coleton Creeks…
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HAPPY MAY DAY! HAVE A CUPCAKE!
The first day of May. Dancing around the May Pole, leaving secret bouquets in cone shaped paper doilies and one perfect Lemon Cupcake with a cup of Celestial Seasonings Lavender Lemon Tea. It’s sunshine in your mouth! A new month full of possibilities and it’s my birthday in a few short days. I see new…
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Time To Get Out The Rainstick, Y’all!
I was trying to clean up my Kindle this morning and came across these lovely titles that I decided had to stay there. I could not hit that delete button on them. Each one of them speaks of a time or a place that is a part of me. So of course I had to…
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Really, Can You Ever Have Too Many Books? ( The answer is no, shhh)
Yesterday was opening book gifts! There are actually more as some were Kindle editions. But these will keep me out of trouble for a while at least. After the fiasco at the Phone Store, yesterday was perfect. OU Boy was home and washed my hair so I didn’t get any water in my new eye,…
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The Hope Chest by Viola Shipman
The most recent book from Shipman, following close behind the best selling The Charm Bracelet is as brilliantly done as The Charm Bracelet was. Shipman is so good at weaving themes into his writing. Hope, Love, Faith, Kindness and Family. This particular story was beautiful. And sad. And hearbreaking. It was also full of hope…
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The Guestbook(Madrona Island Series 1) by Andrea Hurst
On Madrona Island, Washington, Miss Maggie has successfully run the Madrona Island Bed and Breakfast for years. Now at the end of her life, she looks back at The Guestbook and remembers all of the wonderful guests she has had and how much they enjoyed staying at Maggie’s B&B. She is also remembering her only…
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All The Presidents’ Gardens by Marta McDowell
Madison’s Cabbages to Kennedy’s Roses-How the White House grounds have grown with America. Starting with the plant-obsessed George Washington and ending with Michelle Obama’s kitchen garden, All the Presidents’ Gardens is a rich and compelling narrative that masterfully reveals how the White House grounds reflect what is happening in the country. The book is written…
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